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Definition duff

Etymology 1

Representing a northern pronunciation of dough.

Noun

duff (countable and uncountable, plural duffs)

1. (dialectal) Dough.
2. A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain; probably related to Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb?- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”).

Noun

duff (countable and uncountable, plural duffs)

1. (Scotland, US) Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor.
2. Coal dust.
3. (slang) The bits left in the bottom of the bag after the booty has been consumed, like crumbs.
4. Something spurious or fake; a counterfeit, a worthless thing.
5. (baseball, slang, 1800s) An error.

Adjective

duff (comparative duffer, superlative duffest)

1. (Britain) Worthless; not working properly, defective.

Etymology 3

Origin uncertain; perhaps the same as Etymology 1, above.

Noun

duff (plural duffs)

1. (US, slang) The buttocks.

Etymology 4

Originally thieves' slang; probably a back-formation from duffer.

Verb

duff (third-person singular simple present duffs, present participle duffing, simple past and past participle duffed)

1. (slang, obsolete) To disguise something to make it look new.
2. (Australia) To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle.
3. (Britain, slang, with "up") To beat up.
4. (US, golf) To hit the ground behind the ball.

Etymology 5

Noun

duff (plural duffs)

1. Alternative form of daf (type of drum)

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